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March 23, 1981 | Vol. 117 No. 12

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  • Cover Credit: MARSHALL ARISMAN

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NATION

When the Cheering Died

Putting the Poor to Work

Taking His Act on the Road

A Treaty in Trouble

Freeing the CIA

The Presidency: Bottom-Line Man (The Presidency)

The Curse of Violent Crime (COVER STORIES)

One Week's Murder Victims

If It Happens to You...

The Duel over Gun Control

WORLD

Poland: Cracks in the Truce (Poland)

Searching for Scapegoats

Europe: Toward a Farewell to Arms (Europe)

Britain: Howe It Hurts (Britain)

Human Rights: A Chilly Debut (Human Rights)

Pakistan: Putting Pressure on Zia (Pakistan / Pakistan)

El Salvador: Fighting, with a Festive Interlude (El Salvador)

The Grocery-Store Papers

Asia: The Soviets Stir Up the Pacific (Asia)

SCIENCE

Science: Why Moses Went the Long Way

HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medicine: Coffee Nerves (Medicine)

Medicine: Cures That Kill (Medicine)

SOCIETY

Sexes: Thailand's Mr. Contraception (Sexes)

Living: Shy Di Makes a Daring Debut (Living)

Living: Hot-Selling Hungarian Horror (Living)

PRESS

Press: A Five-Year Legal Toothache

Press: Bumpy Takeoff

BUSINESS

In Search of a Trade Policy (Economy And Business)

Shooting at Money Market Funds (Economy & Business)

Decontrol Prepares for Lift-Off (Economy & Business)

Three's a Crowd in Videodiscs (Economy & Business)

Big Oil Moves into Minerals (Economy & Business)

Suspicious Cut (Economy & Business)

EDUCATION

Education: Making College More Costly

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Cinema: Post Mark of Cain (Cinema)

Art: The Apocalypse on a Postcard (Art)

Art: From Freud to Bicycling Monks (Art)

Music: Giving New Composers a Hearing (Music)

Books: The Grandest Diva (Books)

Books: Drunkspeare (Books)

Books: Best Sellers: Mar. 23, 1981 (Books)

MILESTONES

Milestones: Mar. 23, 1981

PEOPLE

People: Mar. 23, 1981

TO OUR READERS

A Letter From The Publisher: Mar. 23, 1981 (A Letter From The Publisher)

LETTERS

Letters: Mar. 23, 1981

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